New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-05
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
,,, n.vrT1,s BoDYKE SPEECH A GoDsEND
TO THE GOVERNMENT.

rup YyICTIoNs-MR. GLADSTONE IN MIL
,,ure.1 p1ssENsIoNs INcREAsING-ph
JowErr's SERIOUS nLSEss-fEH-
soNAL AND LITERARY
,nyc.nIK TO THE TRDUSEi
c,,vrtoht, 1887. North America" cao'e He'0' ""
,o>nox lime 4.-The sensation OF the ho"r''s
90 much Mr. Gladstone's Welsh Journey ="
-. novitt,s speech at Bodyke on Thursday lhN
,orv Government have not had such sou''nu
,,,s many q day. Accordingly Inc ii"''
.,rts the speech conspicuously in fun ana d'S-
.,,ssos it with evident pleasure line D"n'
,,os though publishing long accounts Oh 'he
...,os ., Rodyke during which the speech was
delivered. suppresses it wholly Mr' D"'"
.,coch is in one word nothing less 'hah pu'n0
,rcitement of the Irish people to resis1 e'io'i0i'
-. anpeals to the young hishmen before MIN "
xoc;ster in their hearts the VOW when ne hn'0'
oao thirty wears ago, to bear toward hnsiahu
,,..,,oh Government in Ireland all The con-
.on,rotoa hate of his Irish nature. lie oecl'i0'
himself disagrecably surprised at INC n''lo -
sistance made by evicted tenants. 1hls he a'in'''
NAV be due TO former advice offered py hiii'0A
mn, to commit outrage not to be guilty OF violence
.a not ,o brcak the law. "Wen.' continues
AIR. Davitt, IL say hero to-day, anu 10 HUI 0''o
who takes down my words, / am heartily asi'"n'e'
of ever having given such advice 10 'le AiA'A
people Government that can send lrOoie anu
poice to perpetratc such crimes as those OF 'oo's
,s itself criminal Opposition to such GovcrnmenV
+, orv shane or form is a public virtue lie
riff
Would to Cod" cried he, they had the means
and wearons with which freemen in America haa
stricken down tyrants !" That days scenes he
said. would be treasured up. They and thcir
children would swear as many of them had sworn
to carry on at any cost this fight until iandioro
tyranny and English Government were Destroyer
IN Ireland. HE Irish who left Ireland were JOIN
in, the Army of Retaliation beyond the Atlantic
The sun might one day shine on England oii'i-
Guilty when they there in Ireland and theT couh-
trvmen in America might have vengeance 1or
her crimes in Ireland
,"lhis challenge to the Government, says Inc
lines, "is probably due to an angry perception
shat the Home Rule game which Mr.. UladStohes
apostacy gave some hope of winning Is actually
lost The most extreme English Home Rule
orpan describes Mr. Davitt's speech as heraldng
the dawn of a new and troublOuS era of violence
and bloodshed, but hopes the peasants viii refuse
to act on his counsel, and believes stolid' suien'
obstinate and passive resistance will win lrelands
battle.
Mr. Davitt began his speech, according to the
in ha
English members of Parliament, Mr.. Waddy, MI
Cox and Mr. Lawson. They thought N prudent
10 leave before the speech finished. The
BodylSe evictions employ some hundreds OF troops
and police The ceremony attracted beside Eng
lish and Irish Members of Parliament a large
number of Irish Catholic clergymen and about six
thousand Irish people. The resistance of the
tenants and their friends the first day was chiefly
passive. The occupiers were duly turned out OF
their houses Some of them found their way back
20 roofess, windowless and bare homes Then
Mr. Davlt appeared on the scene. lie spoke ana
was cheercd The English Members OF Parliament
s,nched with the officers Of the fusilieIs. An
indlsnation meeting followed But order regned
and tie law was enforced.
The scene on the second day more violent
Mr. Davitt's exhortation had not been without
effect When the baiifs tried to enter house
boiling water was thrown on them. The police
handled even women roughly. The crisis came
when Husseys house attacked. 1t was stout
iy defended The Irish baillffs, then the poce
then the troops were ordered up. The wall of the
house was thrown down, and the tenants were ul-
timateIy turned out. Nobody was killed. The
Sheriff and some Others were wounded. but not Sc
riously. Mr. DavItt again spoke, saying he under
stood his friends alarmed at his previous
speech. but he desired 10 repeat every word. The
evctions will be resumed on Monday.
Side by side with exciting narratives of eviction
scenes at Bodyke appears the announce nent
that Prince Albert Victor has been selected
to visit Dublin ON June 81 as the representative of
the Queen during the Jubilee celebration the
2sth The Irish bear this calmly.
Mr. Gladstones journey through Mid-Wales
bears striking likeness to hls last progress
through Scotland Crowds gather wherever the
train stops Gifts are offered to Mr.. and Mrs.
Gladstone Their car is filed with flowers
Addresses are presented. Mr.. Gladstone
makes pointed little speeches. sometimes slightly
elusive, In reply. Crowds cheer. the steam whistle
puts an end TO the proceedings and the train rolls
of with the Grand Old Mans head still visible out
of the window. Mr.. Gladstone's voice, unhap-
rily. seems unequal to such wonder
full, continuous efforts he made in Scot
land but no other sign appears of failing
energy or courage or confidence. He speaks every
where as the champion of winning, not losing
cause. His eight hours journey on Friday left no